rebuilding the system

[Mikhail Goriachev]

Neo [GC] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> first you should get ALL sources. You can do this easily with cvsup.
> In /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ you find a file called 'stable-supfile'. 
> Copy it to some location (/root for example) and edit it. All you have 
> to change is the line '*default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org'; just 
> chose a FreeBSD CVS-mirror near you. Below you find the line 'src-all', 
> this means you get all kernel and world sources. The line '*default 
> release=cvs tag=RELENG_6' points cvsup to the 6-STABLE branch.
> Then do a 'cvsup stable-supfile' and wait some time...
> 
> Check out your /usr/src/, now you should have all files, including 
> UPDATE. Now you can do a 'make buildworld', but remember to cd first 
> into the /usr/src dir.


Assuming cvsup is installed, otherwise csup as part of the system is a go.


Regards,
Mikhail.

PS: Please don't top-post.

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